Read more information about the wonderful enrichment opportunities at Abberley.
Today, year 6 took part in the maths game 'Roll and Round'. This game involved rolling three dice to create a number to 3 decimal places. They then has to round this number to the nearest hundredth and then colour in their answer on the game board. The winner was the first person to get four in a row. They all had great fun competing in their pairs whilst consolidating their understanding.
Well done to the children who have been selected by the lunchtime staff for this half term's table of awesomeness!
These pupils have demonstrated our happy lunch time values and have been exceptional role models to their peers.
After eating their lunch and enjoying eating some special food treats, pupils played party games until the end of the lunch break.
Well done to these pupils: Henry, George, Daley, Katie, May, Millie, Caiden, Noah & Emily.
The Online Safety group led the whole school assembly this week. We discussed how we can keep safe while online and we enjoyed playing the true and false quiz made by the pupils.
In science, Skylarks were set the challenge of helping Humpty Dumpty stay safe! Using their knowledge of the properties of materials, the children had to choose two different materials that they predicted would save Humpty from cracking the next time he fell off the wall. The children showed all that they had learnt this half-term, justifying their choices using scientific vocabulary and having fun at the same time!
Oh là là, Le Café Abberley!
Today in Dance, the children put together and performed a Bhangra dance. Bhangra is a dance that originated in the Punjab region of a India and was a celebratory dance during harvest time. Despite their time limitation, they worked hard as a group to construct a routine and to follow it accurately.
This week is Children's Mental Health Week.
Yesterday afternoon, all the children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part in the RSPB Big Garden birdwatch. We had prepared the feeding station the previous week in order to encourage our local birds into the area. The children then spent the afternoon observing the different types of birds who were visiting the feeders and surrounding environment from a hide constructed in the school greenhouse. The sightings were recorded on the RSPB record sheets.
We recorded a wide range of different species throughout the afternoon from Robins and Blackbirds to Starlings and Chaffinches. However, the highlight of the afternoon was the arrival of a Goldcrest, which is one of Britain’s smallest and shyest residents. It was a really fantastic afternoon that the children all enjoyed hugely and the data that we collected will form part of the RSPB’s ongoing research into the health of our garden bird populations. This research is vital for our understanding not only of trends within bird populations but also gives us an insight into the health of wider local food webs of which they form a significant part.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the children who took part and to Mrs Day for preparing the feeders, setting up the hide and being an enthusiastic participant throughout the afternoon. Hopefully, next year will be just as successful!
Mr Darling
In science this afternoon, Y5&6 were investigating air resistance. They made paper aeroplanes of varying designs and then tested how far each of them flew. The children shared their results with each other and then drew their conclusions as to what helped the aeroplanes fly the furthest using their knowledge of forces.
